The Voynich Mystery
NEW
1 x 1 hour
Almost a century ago, a book written in code and filled with strange illustrations of naked women, unrecognisable plants and weird astronomical diagrams was found in an Italian monastery. Despite a century of study by the world’s most accomplished medieval historians and military code-breakers, nobody has deciphered this book, known as The Voynich Manuscript. The film attempts to unravel what the book is about, why it is written in such elaborate code and who its mysterious author was.
Mentorn
In Surgery and Awake: When Anaesthesia Fails
NEW
1 x 1 hour
It could be your worst nightmare. The programme tells the story of one of medicine’s modern miracles going horribly wrong. We re-live the chilling experiences of patients who have regained consciousness and suffered pain while under anaesthetic.
Beyond Productions
Destinations Revealed Series 2
8 x 1 hour NEW episodes !!
The second series of this quirky travel show returns to take the viewer far away from conventional holidays to exciting and new destinations. The new titles are: Safari Stopovers, Walt Disney Studios Paris, Warner Bros Gold Coast, Secrets of Ancient China, Martial Arts Hot Spots, Top 10 Poisonous Places, Secrets of Bangkok, The Big Guide, bringing the total of exciting destinations to choose from to 16.
Beyond Productions
Saving Face: Lives Restored
NEW
1 x 1 hour
Plastic surgery is generally considered the domain of the vain, but for those born with facial abnormalities, it represents the only real chance of a normal life.
This documentary captures the best specialists at work and the remarkable procedures that help restore the quality of life of three particular patients.
Beyond Productions
Ancient E.R.
NEW
1 x 1 hour
Juxtaposing modern medical scenes with evocations of ancient medical practices, the programme explores plastic, prosthetic and emergency surgery over the millennia, from Egypt to India.
Beyond Productions
Brave Medicine: True Stories of Human Testing
NEW
1 x 1 hour
This documentary explores the phenomenon of human guinea pigs - people who for various reasons undergo drug trials and experimental surgery before they have been FDA approved.
Beyond Productions
Sea of Snakes
NEW
1 x 1 hour
This spectacular documentary untangles the mystery of the Pacific Islands’ Niue Sea Krait, a unique snake species adapted to life in the sea and on land. This highly venomous snake has long been part of the island’s life and legends, yet has remained a mystery to the outside world. Dr Bryan Fry, an international authority in venom research, takes an up close and personal look at this little known creature.
Kaufmann Productions
Worlds Apart
NEW
6 x 1 hour
WORLDS APART reveals the hidden side of spectacular places from both ends of the Earth. From an insider’s view of Paris to the re-birth of Northern Ireland; the timeless charm of five Italian villages to Australia’s most famous wilderness, epicurean and historic regions, the series encompasses the best of our world.
River Stone TV
Do or Die – Lost in the Bush
NEW
1 x 1 hour
Every year over 500 search and rescue operations are launched to find people lost in the New Zealand bush. If you became lost, would you survive? Six people who came perilously close to losing their lives in the bush, return for a weekend with an experienced bush instructor. While away they share their near-death stories and learn vital new survival skills.
Greenstone Pictures
Private Lives Series
2 x 1 hour
NEW episodes of the award-winning infotainment series
MANI’S STORY tells the story of a man locked into a woman's body who travels to the USA to share life with other hermaphrodites and talks openly about a childhood fraught with ridicule.
In HARDEST DECISION two pregnant women are considering abortion for different reasons. We watch as they weigh up their options and make their final decision.
Greenstone Pictures
Who Was Here Before Us?
NEW
1 x 1 hour
Did Maori only set foot in New Zealand 800 years ago? Were they the first to arrive? What do we know for a fact? … It's a contentious subject that, until recently, had to rely on Maori oral tradition, folklore and mythology as well as theories about lost tribes, hidden ruins and mysterious stone monuments. This programme attempts to present a coherent scientific picture to replace age- old myth and speculation.
Greenstone Pictures
Global Nomad – China
6 x 1/2 hour NEW episodes !!
Irish writer and presenter, Manchán Magan and his team return to the screen. Three months in the making, GLOBAL NOMAD: CHINA crosses the fascinating country from East to West and back again, covering 6,500 miles, meeting the people, tasting the culture and encountering a changing world.
Wonderland
Choppers - Series 2
10 x 1/2 hour NEW episodes!!
Now tallying 20 episodes, the popular CHOPPERS is back for a second series, bringing back the helicopter heroes on their flights of mercy against the spectacular backdrop of New Zealand’s geography. Experienced, highly skilled and brave, a typical day for the team embraces life or death decisions, daring air rescues, triumph and tragedy, tears and laughter.
Greenstone Pictures
The Zoo - Series 4
10 x 1/2 hour NEW episodes!!
With 33 episodes now available, THE ZOO continues to take a charming look at life on both sides of the bars at Auckland Zoo. The special moments - new arrivals, births, fights, illnesses, mating - are all captured by the on-site crew to reveal how the animals and their visitors are entertained, fed, amused and kept safe 365 days a year!
Greenstone Pictures
Sci-Files – Series 2
64 NEW 2-4 minute episodes!!
The new season of SCI-FILES brings us stories of modern scientific discoveries and breakthroughs and shows how they help shape our lives by protecting endangered species, fighting disease, saving the environment and much more.
CSIRO
Fond Memories Of Cuba
NEW
1 x 1 hour
From David Bradbury, a filmmaker who has spent many years documenting revolutions and resistance and protest movements in Latin America and elsewhere, FOND MEMORIES OF CUBA is a reflective portrait of Cuba some 40 years after Castro took power. Wonderfully exuberant music and vibrant images counterpoint with a narrative often revealing both the erosion of the revolution in Cuba and the filmmaker’s own recognition that the socialist dreams of earlier decades may have been lost in current reality.
Frontline Films
Stingers - series 7
NEW
40 x 1 hour
Now in its seventh season and with a total of 164 episodes available, STINGERS is back to impress. Screening prime time on Australia’s Nine Network and licensed into over 60 countries, the award-winning STINGERS is being taken into another realm of undercover crime investigation with multi-award-winning actors Rebecca Gibney (Halifax f.p.) and Gary Sweet (Police Rescue).
Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier
Feel the Sting!!!
Temptation
NEW
1 x 90 min Telemovie
A telemovie about cooking, love and passion, TEMPTATION is provocative, tempting, tantalizing, delectable, mouth-watering, sinful …
Think of the Montagues and Capulets of the restaurant world, their relationships caught between the turmoil of culinary creations and family feuds.
Chapman Pictures
Ponderosa
20 x 1 hour
A prequel to television’s classic western series Bonanza, starring Daniel Hugh Kelly as the young Ben Cartwright, a stalwart widower raising his three sons and carving out a home in the Nevada territory.
Produced for PAX TV in the US, PONDEROSA is now available for the international market.
Paxson Merchandising & Licensing
Born Against The Odds 2 Delivery: Mipcom 2003
1 x 1 hour
More fascinating stories of childbirth that defy standard medical practice in the quest to explore the boundaries of medical science and human resilience.
Beyond Productions
Free-to-Air rights for Born Against the Odds 1 now available !!
Backyard Science Delivery: Mipcom 2003
52 x 15 min / 26 x 1/2 hour
The show that rips science out of the classroom and hurls it into the real world.
Our team of kids gives science a shake up, showing others that it is part of everyday life … and in the right hands, it’s fun, too.
A Beyond/Pearson Broadband co-production
Surgery for The Unborn 2 Delivery: Mipcom 2003
1 x 1 hour
Foetal surgery is performed by only a handful of Medical Centers in the world to treat life-threatening conditions in unborn children. And in each case, there are two patients: the foetus and the mother.
The programme charts Dr Rusty Jennings’ groundbreaking foetal operations at The Boston Children's Hospital – USA’s top children’s hospital.
Beyond Productions
Free-to-Air rights for Surgery for the Unborn 1 now available !!
Human Prey 2 Delivery: Mipcom 2003
1 x 1 hour
HUMAN PREY 1 scored amongst the highest ratings programmes on the Discovery Channel, USA and HUMAN PREY 2 will bring another hour of breath-taking graphics and stunning re-creations. Animal vision will be exposed. Survivors will be interviewed, attacks will be recreated and the human form will be laid out as a gathering of sensory signals - all of which say … Eat me! …
Beyond Productions
Poisonous Women Delivery: Mipcom 2003
1 x 1 hour HD
For thousands of years poison has been the chosen murder weapon of the fairer sex. This documentary explores why, how poisons kill, and the science behind identifying a particular poison and linking it to the killer to reveal a remarkable untold story.
Beyond Productions
Wild Tech Delivery: Mipcom 2003
7 x 1 hour
WILD TECH will bring a new perspective on nature and technology. Each episode will take a task and put nature and technology head to head to find out how they compare as innovators and engineers. Skyscrapers vs termite mounds, spider dragline vs steel - when it's Nature vsTechnology the outcomes aren't always predictable.
Beyond Productions
Chocolate, Secrets Unwrapped in development
2 x 1 hour
How did chocolate become the wonderful, sinful, pleasure that we know today? The history of chocolate is inextricably tied to the rise and fall of economic and political empires throughout the new and old worlds. CHOCOLATE, SECRETS UNWRAPPED reveals the secret life of chocolate and its often dark influence throughout the world.
Beyond Productions
Mythbusters
3 x 1 hour
MYTHBUSTERS is an offbeat series investigating the bizarre claims of urban legends and modern misconceptions. MYTHBUSTERS doesn’t just retell the stories….it puts them to the test!
Did Lucille Ball bust a Japanese spy ring by picking up Morse code in her teeth fillings? Could six packs of Pop Rocks candy and six cans of Cola make your stomach explode? Is it possible to get sucked into an airplane vacuum toilet? Each episode investigates three such myths, but there’s a catch … one of the stories is not a myth at all.
Beyond Productions
Human Prey
1 x 1 hour
What exactly happens when the hunted turns into the hunter?
Combining 3-D graphics and personal accounts, HUMAN PREY recreates, with forensic detail, the method and mechanics of large animal attacks on humans: Paul Templer, a guide on Africa’s Zambezi River who was savaged by a rogue hippopotamus; Bram Schaffer, a teenager hunter in Yellowstone National Park, attacked by a 300 kg grizzly bear.
Beyond Productions
Hot Property – series 4
11 x 1/2 hour Format available
Rated consistently as No. 1 position in its timeslot, the 36 x 30 min episodes of HOT PROPERTY now available are hosted by renowned film and television actor Michael Caton, who follows ordinary Australians as they navigate the precarious route to domestic bliss. Part infotainment and part soap opera, the wide range of characters are caught up in very real and sometimes familiar predicaments. HOT PROPERTY traces the fortunes of three groups of home-hunters: renters, buyers and builders. Join the households as they discover the pitfalls, encounter the disappointments and experience the exhilaration of securing their dreams.
Beyond Productions
Hot Auctions – series 3
11 x 1/2 hour Format available
An off-shoot of the hugely successful Hot Property, this fly-on-the-wall series looks at the rough and tumble process of buying that dream home through the tension-filled course of an auction. In the 21 x 30 min episodes now available, the personal experiences of ordinary people are put centre stage. We learn to navigate the high drama of making life’s biggest purchase through this emotional and highly competitive process. HOT AUCTIONS is soap opera with interwoven plot lines, resolutions, climaxes and cliffhangers…all real. Drama, danger, heartbreak, relief, fear and overwhelming triumph have combined to make HOT AUCTIONS a ratings winner.
Beyond Productions
The Great Outdoors
95 x 1/2 hour episodes !!
THE GREAT OUTDOORS is all about perfect escapes. A picnic in the park, sky diving, a weekend retreat, or the outback adventure of a lifetime - all these activities and many more are waiting to be enjoyed in THE GREAT OUTDOORS - we all need to find ways of relaxing, getting away from the bustle and making the most of our leisure time!
Seven Networks
Fishing Western Australia
47 x 30 min
FISHING WESTERN AUSTRALIA is for all people, whether they can fish or not. In magnificent locations of Western Australia, presenters Steve Correia and Ian Marshall take the viewer for catch-and-release fishing, from marlin to herring.
Fish & Clips
Fishing Wild Australia
13 x 30 min
Australia's wild rivers and coastlines provide an excellent backdrop for the FISHING WILD AUSTRALIA team to tackle some of Australia's great fishing spots - from sharks to cod we share the excitement and thrill of the catch-and-release. Hosted by Jenni Lerch, one of the few female fishing experts on television.
Fishing WA Pty
Paul Davies : More Big Questions
6 x 30 min
For millennia people have wondered about their own existence and the mysteries of life. Who or what made the Universe? How will it come to an end? What is time? Is there a God? In this thought-provoking sequel to THE BIG QUESTIONS, sceptic Phillip Adams talks to acclaimed scientist and author Professor Paul Davies about the mysteries that have filled people with fascination and dread since the dawn of time.
Piper Films
The Global Nomad: Middle East
6 x 1/2 hour
In this entertaining travel series we follow Manchán Magan, THE GLOBAL NOMAD, on the road in the Middle East. Exploring the civilizations and cultures of Turkey, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Egypt and the region from Beirut to Bethlehem, he provides intimate glimpses into the lives of people who live beyond our daily experience.
Wonderland
Secret World Of Air Freight
1 x 1 hour
A fast paced exploration of the people, unusual cargoes, and planes behind the scenes in the world of airfreight. We now take it for granted that we can have anything delivered overnight, but it is not an easy job. Spend a whirlwind night inside the FedEx Memphis Superhub, the busiest air cargo port on earth. Join us for a look inside the on-time, all-the-time world of air cargo.
Resolution Pictures
Stingers - series 6
14 x 1 hour episodes!!
Now in its sixth season and with 124x60’ episodes being licensed, this first class production is causing more impact than ever. Screening prime time on Australia’s Nine Network and licensed into over 60 countries, the award-winning STINGERS is being taken into another realm of undercover crime investigation as multi-award-winning actors Rebecca Gibney (Halifax f.p.) and Gary Sweet (Police Rescue) join the cast.
Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier
Feel the Sting!!!
Indian Footprints
13 x 1/2 hour
INDIAN FOOTPRINTS takes the viewer beyond the India of clichés. With footage that captures the subtlest hues of India, we visit little known destinations of great scenic, historical and mythological significance.
Miditech
published: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 
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